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is represented in Admiral fleet, which left Hampton Roads for the cruise around the Horn to San Francisco by Capt. Vreeland, of the battleship Kansas, whose home is in Burlingame, and David M. Addison, paymaster on the Virginia, and by J. H. Blair, a sailor on the supply ship Panther. Both of the latter claim Salina as their home. Walton Gets Kansas Appointment. -P. G. Walton, president of the First National Bank of Anthony, Kan., has been appointed national bank examiner by Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely. He will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Elmer E. Ames. of Norton, Kan. He will begin January 2, still retaining the presidency of the bank at Anthony. Mr. Ridgely has assigned him to the Kansas field. This gives Kansas three examiners, Bradley and Burrow being the other two. Reforms For Reformatory.-A new era of administration of the affairs of the state reformatory at Hutchinson will be inaugurated by Gov. Hoch. He proposes the following reforms, according to his statement given out recently: The abolition of the dark cell, special attention to religion, expenditure of money for industrial education. enlargement and betterment of grade school work. establishment of playgrounds, with game grounds and courts. E. E. Marshall recently resigned as superintendent of the institution. A new superintendent will be appointed soon and Gov. Hoch is casting about for a man who will carry out his special ideas. Five Dollars For Ear of Corn. Several weeks ago white Frank Perry was husking corn near McLouth, in Jefferson county. he found an ear of corn of exceptional length. He laid it aside and took it to town with him. A local real estate man offered him 50 cents, the cashier of the Bank of Jarbalo raised the bid to $1, while C. H. Steeper bid $1.10 and got the ear. He kept it on exhibition in the bank for several days, then sent it to Kansas City, where a sale was negotiated by a member of a grain commission firm, who sold it on the floor of the Board of Trade building, and sent a local grain dealer here a $5 bill to turn over to Mr. Steeper in payment. The ear measured exactly 17 inches in length when it was brought in and was filled perfectly the entire length of the cob. Not a Deposit Withdrawn.Secretary of State Denton, who is also cashier of the Attica Exchange bank, recently published a card in the Independent telling all those patrons who did not have confidence in him or the bank and who did not feel that their money was absolutely safe to come in on a certain day and withdraw their deposits in hard cash. At closing time that day not one depositor had demanded his or her cash and the deposits for the day greatly exceeded the disbursements. This action was taken by Mr. Denton on account of false rumors which bad been set afloat by certain fifteen cent depositors who at times like this delight in making a fifteen thousand dollar talk. The action certain,y had a quieting effect on these cheap financiers. Harper county is especially blessed in her banks. They all made a splendid showing in their recently published statements and the citizens of Attica are proud and justly SO of the exceptionally fine showing made by their home bank. Hutchinson Gets Next Meeting. The meeting of the county clerks and the county commissioners adjourned at Salina after selecting Hutchinson as the place for the meeting next year. J. L. Logsden, of Howard, was elected president of the clerks' association, J. P. Burns of Salina, vicepresident; Frank Soper of Beloit, treasurer. and Miss Jessie Campbell of Hiawatha, the only woman clerk in the state, secretary. W. B. Lewis of Ottawa, was re-elected president of the commissioners' association: R. A. Beggs of Cherokee, vice-president and W. H. Braden of Crawford county, secretary. $300 Reward For Murderers.-Gov. Hoch has offered a reward of $300 for the capture and conviction of the person or persons who robbed and murdered Lewis and Fannie Sternberg in Kansas City, Kan., recently. Mr. and Mrs. Sternberg were murdered in a little grocery store belonging to them. Sternberg had withdrawn his deposit from the bank and is supposed to have had about $500 in cash in the store at the time of the murder.
